Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.86 g, 8h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 8 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI • F, laureate head right / C • CΛES above, AVGVS • F in exergue, Caius Caesar on horseback, galloping right, holding sword in right hand and shield in left; behind him, an aquila between two signa. RIC I 198; Lyon 68/21a (D297/R319); Calicó 174a; BMCRE 498-9 = BMCRR Gaul 221-2; BN 1457-60; Biaggi 90-1; Mazzini 39. A few marks, die break and edge scrape on obverse, traces of die rust. VF. Portrait of artistic merit.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection.